Closet-seat.



119148343. PATENTED MAR. 26, 1907.

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vO'LOSTST SEAT. APPLICATION-FILED nu 11, mos.

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insrrnn s'riri iis RALPH MoCORD AND CLARENCE O. CUNNiNG'HAM, OF ST.LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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CLOSET-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 26, 1907,

- Application filed May 11,1906. Serial No. 316,316.

' novel construction of seat to be more fully 1 set forth in thespecificationand pointed out i Y a closct-seat which will not be open.to the obin the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan ol the seat with portion of lidremoved. Fig. 2 is avert Zeal longitudinal section on line 2 of Fig. 1.big. 3 is a vertical cross-section on line 25 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is across sectional detail on line 4 4 of Fig/1. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectionof a seat having a suitable iillci'. and Fig. 6 is a cross-section ofaseat having a modified form of an inner reinforcing-plate.

The object of our invention is to construct jection of warping andsplitting, so character istic of wooden seats.

A further object is to construct a seat which shall be light, cheap,durable, and one possessing further and other advantages, betleiapparent from a detailed description o llit? invention, which is asfollows:

it el erring to the drawings, and particularly to Figs. 1 to 4,inclusive, 1 represents the upper convexcd section (preferably metallic)ot a hollow seat, and? the plane bottom section, the two being assembledand united in any suitable mechanical manner, but prcfi erably bylOltliDg and clenching the edges -thereof, shown in the drawings. Theseclions are preferably made of thin sheet metal, and in order toproperly reinforce the up )er section 1 against thcweight it is designerto I carry we provide the chamber of the hollow 1 seat "with acorrugated metal sheet 3, which I takes up and properly distributes thestrains to which the section 1 is subjected.

inwardly-folded portion 4, as shown in the drawings. The seats providedwith the usual hinge-st raps 6 and the lid with similar I hinge-straps 7of ordinary construction.

Inlieu of the reinforcing member 3 we may employ a suitableheat-non-conduetingfiller 8, of iiiiiicralwool, plaster-of-paris, or thelike, as shown in Fig. 5, or, as shown in Fig. 6, we may employ acorrugated sheet 3', following from the nature or spirit ofourinvention.

A seat construction as shown (preferably 1 of sheet metal, though anyother material or composition would answer) is light and cannot warp orsplit, and-thus perinanentlyrei tains its shape and is alwayscomfortable to.

sit on.

Having described our invention, what we I claim is- 1. In combinationwith a closet-seat, a

The lid- 1 4 is likewise formed of sheet metal, being re-- lHfOX'CGCl bya stiffening head or groove 5,. i which receives the free edgeol themarginal Q the' contour of the section 1. "'In fact, the v reinforcingmember may assume a variety j or forms or compositions without departingsheet-metal lid having a reinforcing head or 1 groove, the margin of thesheet being bent inward against-the body of the sheet and.

brought with its free edge into the groove a oresaid, substantially asset fo th.

2. A hollow sectional closet-seat composed of an upper convex member anda plane bottom member coupled. thereto and forming a hollow shelltherewith, and an inner corrugated stiffening member or filler forreinforcing the convex. member of the shell, substantially as set forth;

In testimony whereof we atlix our sigma tures in presence of twowitnesses. RALPH HCCORD. CLARENCE O. CUNNINGHAM. Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, PHIL. J. NAWN.

